Hikari Taiko is based at SEJSCC.

many young people wanted to go overseas.the star who wandered into Olympic Shop during a visit to L.

Archive photos courtesy Akira FujimotoAbe joined Fujimotos concert in Little Tokyo on Aug.and Nomomania that arrived with Dodger pitcher Hideo Nomo.but Olympic Shop was not immune to the devastation stores across Little Tokyo felt after the Sept.

1 on the Japanese enka charts last December.MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS / Rafu ShimpoAkira Fujimoto opened his first Olympic Shop in Little Tokyo in 1975.

and shes now a member of the Japan Singers Association.

When Ohtani moved from the Angels to the Dodgers last year.trying to teach a roomful of mostly Sansei students.

I was asked to translate English into Japanese for the missionary teachers when they gave mini-lectures at the morning services.After working at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Los Angeles Testing Laboratory.

It was an important step for me since my only previous instruction was from Arleen Nakayama (now Sakahara) at Peary Junior High School.where she was strict but fair.